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Eucalyptus saligna is a tree with a straight trunk that typically grows to a height of 30–55 m (98–180 ft), rarely to 65 m (213 ft), a dbh of 2–2.5 m (6 ft 7 in – 8 ft 2 in), and forms a lignotuber. The trunk has smooth pale grey or white bark with 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) of rough brownish bark at the base.
Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) 81.5 267 Flowering plant Woodbush State Forest, Limpopo, South Africa. The world's tallest planted tree. Southern Africa (non native), but endemic to eastern Australia) [40] [41] Grand fir (Abies grandis) 81.4 267 Conifer Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington, United States. Western North America [42] [23 ...
Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum) Houwhoek Inn Tree Large tree planted in the mid-19th century at the oldest hotel in the country. (1850 [7]) Height: 27 m Crown size: 26.8 m 250 Off the N2 road, Grabouw, Western Cape 81 Eucalyptus saligna (saligna gum) Merensky Lane Scenic lane of trees planted by Hans Merensky on the Westfalia Estate in the 1930s.
According to Plants of the World Online, there are more 715 species of plants in the genus Eucalyptus and most are native to Australia; a very small number are found in adjacent areas of New Guinea and Indonesia. [22] One species, Eucalyptus deglupta, ranges as far north as the Philippines. Of the 15 species found outside Australia, just nine ...
Eucalyptus abdita Brooker & Hopper Eucalyptus absita Grayling & Brooker – Badgingarra box Eucalyptus acaciiformis H.Deane & Maiden – wattle-leaved peppermint Eucalyptus accedens W.Fitzg. – powderbark wandoo Eucalyptus acies Brooker – Woolburnup mallee Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer in W.G.Walpers – white mahogany Eucalyptus acroleuca L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill – Lakefield coolibah ...
Eucalyptus grandis grows as a straight and tall forest tree, reaching around 50 m (160 ft) tall, [4] with a dbh of 1.2 to 2 m (3.9 to 6.6 ft). The biggest trees can reach 75 m (246 ft) high and 3 m (9.8 ft) dbh, [2] the tallest recorded known as "The Grandis" near Bulahdelah, with a height of 86 m (282 ft) and a girth of 8.5 m (28 ft). [5]
A Eucalyptus regnans stand in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin, New Zealand, where E. regnans is an introduced species, contains that country's tallest measured tree, standing 80.5 metres (264 ft) high in 2012. [56] A Eucalyptus regnans in the urban area of Greytown was measured at 32.8 metres (108 ft) in 2011. [57]
The Blue Gum High Forest is a tall open forest community where the Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) dominates the canopy layer. Other tree species that occur in this community are: blackbutt (E. pilularis), forest oak (Allocasuarina torulosa), and Sydney red gum (Angophora costata).